Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist, then I'….

The short-range involves the long-range. Immediate steps have to be taken to reeducate our people into the, a more real view of political, economic, ….

Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others..

For one to control one's thoughts and feelings means one can actually control one's atmosphere and all who walk into its sphere of influence..

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate..

As I say, if we bring up religion we'll have differences; we'll have arguments; and we'll never be able to get together..

Now, the black man here was so-called free by [Abe] Lincoln 100 years ago. The black man in America has an - has a purchasing power of 20 billion dol….

Negroes don't even like snails! What they're doing is proving they're integrated..

We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves... One can't unite bananas with scattered leaves..

Every morning when I wake up, now, I regard it as having another borrowed day..

What does a black man look like begging for a cup of coffee in a white restaurant, and doesn't have a job to back up his - to pay for it when, when -….

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery..

We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us today a….

Solve the race problem here, and once you solve the race problem here, you don't have to send these billions of dollars abroad..

I believe it's a crime for anyone who is being brutalized to continue to accept that brutality without doing something to defend himself..

We have a common enemy. We have this in common: We have a common oppressor, a common exploiter, and a common discriminator. But once we all realize t….

That value system has been handed right down in European society. And today when you find Negroes, if they even look like they're adopting these so-c….

I think teaching a man to hate himself is much more criminal than teaching a man to hate someone else..

I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man by the color of his skin. It teaches me….

The Negro neighborhood, which is inferior, is begging for a chance to - integrate itself into that which is - is superior, which is not going to happ….

I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their ….